If you're out there looking for Kool-Aid, have no fear. You WILL find it. Just look up.
For something that sells for as little as 10 cents a packet when on sale, and takes up only a few square feet of shelf space, Kool-Aid sure gets a lot of publicity in the supermarket. Ah ha. It must be the influence of the Kraft conglomeration at work. Even though I'm supporting them by buying the stuff, at least I'm not consuming it internally. It feels a bit subversive, even though it isn't.
Or, if you're looking for some of the more obscure "flavors" for dyeing, you can check out and support the little Mom & Pop stores. We went for the Friday night buffet dinner in the nearby Amish community this past weekend, where I picked up some Man-O-Mango Berry in the store there. I bought a few packets of it last summer, and there was still most of a box left this year. Last year also, I found a few other ones no longer listed currently at the Kool-Aid site at a small store where they have a full row of Senior Parking Only spots right out front and the coffee in the deli is as cheap as the Kool-Aid: 10 cents a cup.
I'm sending off my order tomorrow to KnitPicks for some of the dye-your-own merino, but it won't be back in stock until the end of the month, and browsing everyone else's dyeing adventures.
